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Modern Zetec engine runs throttle bodies.

Tiger instruments a nice touch. Full cage makes getting in more tricky!

Tiger Racing has always offered factory turnkey cars,

a route taken by Allan ‘Griff ’ Griffin when he ordered a

brand new Avon after having owned and run a Tiger

Super Six previously. Having it built for him didn’t

stop him setting every aspect of the specification,

from the engine, gearbox (long first gear), full roll cage, no windscreen

(but wiper motor and spindles in place should he want a screen), the

body colour and exact wheel choice. As events co-ordinator for EATOC,

club gatherings and runs are the regular ways in which he uses the car,

but the Avon is also a regular visitor to the continent, with two trips

to Switzerland, another to Belgium, and an Austrian run planned for

this year... in the three years since the Avon hit the road, it’s already

covered an impressive 20,000 miles. “It’s definitely a driving car,”

enthuses Griff.

TIGER AVON

Indpendent) – a high value offering for the

foreign market that no longer existed! A

small number of SSIs were sold to the UK

market, but it wasn’t the production run

that had been promised.

In a kneejerk reaction that would

ultimately bring in one of the company’s

most successful models, in 1996 Tiger

went back to basics and launched a

new affordable kit in the form of the

predictably distinctively styled Tiger

Cub. While the front end styling split

opinion (OK, not many people liked

it!), the underpinnings worked a treat. A

subsequent restyle, and alteration of the

front suspension and chassis, would usher

in the Tiger Cat in 1998. Along with its

wider derivative, the Cat XL which was

“PRETT Y ST Y LING AND

AFFORDABILIT Y WERE A

WINNING COMBINATION

THAT HAS SEEN THE AVON

CONTINUE TO THIS DAY”

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